School Head Teacher at Kitengela International School

Reporting to the Chief Learning Officer/Director, the School Head teacher will be responsible for leadership, supervision and management of the school both at Kindergarten and Primary. He/she will be responsible for driving the school growth initiatives and new markets. He / she should be a highly talented, result driven, team leader with ability to manage a dynamic professional expertise and positively engage all stakeholders in line with the KISC Schools’ philosophy & strategic plan. The candidate must demonstrate ability to drive value addition to students in talent development, academic performance, Discipline.etc. He/she will define the responsibilities and accountability of staff members and oversee and implement reading and learning.

Key responsibilities for the role include:

• Ensuring the vision of the school is clearly articulated, shared, understood and acted upon effectively by all.
• Building a strong and cohesive culture that is supported by effective systems and structures
• Lead the development and implementation of modern teaching approaches, methodologies and schemes of work.
• Setting targets and goals for school staff through a participative process.
• Providing regular feedback to colleagues in a way that recognizes good practice and supports their progress against professional and performance management objectives. 
• Conducting annual reviews based on standards of leadership, teaching and learning in specific areas of responsibility. 
• Monitoring coverage of the syllabus, quality of teaching and effectiveness of learning outcomes.
• Ensuring teachers have all necessary working resources required in undertaking their responsibilities.
• Providing leadership in guiding the various co-curricular activities and school-based events.
• Working closely with senior school management/Directors to achieve high levels of team spirit and synergy.
• Handling behavior development/rectification matters to develop unique, courteous, respectful individuals.
• Maintain high level of discipline in the school for both teachers and pupils.
• Building effective relationships with parents, education partners and other stakeholders.
• Managing school operations
  
  Key Qualifications and Experience 
• Holder of degree or Diploma in Education (P1) or equivalent qualification
• Minimum 10 years relevant working experience in a school set up, 5 years of which should have been in a leadership position/experience as a Head Teacher.
• Demonstrate proven track record in educational leadership including school administration, classroom instruction, lesson plans, pupil assessment and staff development.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills that enables open communication with parents, teachers and learners.
• A self-motivated, energetic person who enjoys working in a busy and dynamic working environment.
• A diligent leader with the flexibility to learn and adapt to new cultures with good coaching and mentoring skills.
• Demonstrates ability to think and act critically, creatively and independently.
• Pro-active, mature and committed individual who can work with minimum supervision.
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft packages.
• Registered with Teacher Service Commission (TSC).